State |
School for the Blind/Year Established |
School for the Deaf/Year Established |
Combined School |
Other Notes |
AL | YES | 1858 | ||
AK | 1859 | YES (date?) | ||
AZ | YES | 1912 | ||
AR | 1859 | 1850 | ||
CA | 1860 | 3 schools | ||
CO | YES | 1874 | ||
CT | 1893 | 1817 | ||
DE | 1969 | |||
FL | YES | 1885 | ||
GA | 1852 | 2 schools | ||
HI | YES | 1914 | ||
ID | YES | 1906 | ||
IL | 1849/1957 | YES (date?) | ||
IN | 1847 | 1843 | ||
IA | 1853 | 1855 | ||
KS | 1864 | 1861 | YES | 2010 |
KY | 1842 | 1823 | ||
LA | 1897 | 1852 | ||
ME | Pre1948 | |||
MD | 1853 | 2 schools | ||
MA | 1829 | 3 schools | ||
MI | YES | 1848 | ||
MN | 1866 | 1863 | ||
MS | 1848 | 1829 | ||
MO | 1851 | 1851 | ||
MT | YES | 1893 | ||
NE | 1875 | Closed in 1998 | ||
NV | Day Only 2008 | |||
NH | Send to VT | |||
NJ | 1891 | 1883 | ||
NM | 1903 | 1885 | ||
NY | 1831/1904 | 7 schools | YES | |
NC | 1845 | 2 schools (1894 & 1964) | ||
ND | 1908 | 1890 | ||
OH | 1837 | 2 schools | ||
OK | 1897 | 1898 | ||
OR | 1873; closing in 2010 | 1870 | ||
PA | 1832/1887/1921 | 3 schools | ||
RI | Day only | |||
SC | YES | 1849 | ||
SD | 1900 | Day only | ||
TN | 1844 | 1844 | ||
TX | 1856 | 1857 | ||
UT | YES | 1896 | ||
VT | 1912 | |||
VA | 1839 | YES | 1906 | |
WA | 1886 | 1886 | ||
WV | 1870 | 1870 | ||
WI | 1849 | 1852 | ||
WY | Closed in 2000 |
Source: NC Department of Health and Human Services, “Plans to Achieve Efficiencies of Scale and Ensure the Appropriate Education of Students with Visual and Hearing Impairments,” May 1, 2010, p. 47.